HC Deb 30 June 1938 vol 337 c2146W
Mr. Viant

asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the number of unemployed, at the most convenient date, in the knitwear trade at Leicester, Nottingham, and Glasgow?

Mr. E. Brown

The numbers of insured persons, aged 14–64 in the hosiery industry classification recorded as unemployed at 16th May, 1938, at Employment Exchanges in Leicester, Nottingham and Glasgow, were 3,932, 1,045 and 460 respectively.